🎺 Ausschreibung: Weitere Autor:innen für den Onlinekommentar der Bundesverfassung / Appel à contributions: Nouveaux auteur.e.s pour l'Onlinekommentar de la Constitution fédérale CC @stefanschlegel.bsky.social

Meat lobbyists blur facts and shape norms, argues ODILE AMMANN (@odileammann.bsky.social). Her contribution to our “Defund Meat” symposium reveals how the meat industry defends its interests.

Im Politik-Podcast „Sondersession“ der @republik.ch durfte ich diese Woche gemeinsam mit Priscilla Imboden und Lukas Häuptli der Frage auf den Grund gehen, wie die Politikfinanzierung hierzulande reguliert ist. Die Folge ist unter www.republik.ch/2025/09/23/s... verfügbar. Danke für die Einladung!

Wir haben einen neuen, tollen und wichtigen Text online auf dem @onlinekommentar.bsky.social: die Kommentierung von Art. 96 Abs. 1 BV zum Kartellrecht durch Prof. Andreas Heinemann. Wie immer Peer reviewed und open access: onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar... CC @odileammann.bsky.social

Strategien der #Fleischlobby: "Leugnung, Diskreditierung und Politikberatung" Und: "Die zentrale Botschaft [des Vortrags von @odileammann.bsky.social ] : Demokratie braucht nicht nur Transparenz, sondern auch robuste Institutionen, die dem Druck von Partikularinteressen standhalten."

This is not a coding error.

This is very, very validating. My little discovery of yesterday is now documented by @joepatrice.bsky.social at Above the Law.

Believe it or not: This actually happened because I am about to submit a research monograph on lobbying to the publisher, and my friend who is helping me edit the manuscript noticed that some webpages of the constitution annotated I was referring to in the footnotes didn’t exist anymore.

The end of US democracy johnquigginblog.subs...

Le commentaire de l'art. 26 Cst. (garantie de la propriété) vient d'être publié sur le site de l'Onlinekommentar ! Félicitations à mon co-éditeur, Stefan Schlegel, pour cet immense travail et cette analyse fouillée, et merci à toutes les personnes/reviewers qui y ont contribué.

« It had (…) become clear that the way to management’s heart was to cite artificial intelligence as the means to any end, a special technological sauce to be drizzled on everything. »

Save the date : conférence-déjeuner avec la Dre Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (Université de Zurich), "Vers une réglementation des sucres ajoutés ? État des lieux et perspectives", avec un commentaire de la Prof. Céline Mavrot, mardi 1er juillet, 12h00-13h30, à la @fdca-unil.bsky.social ou à distance.

„Wir haben in den letzten 10 bis 15 Jahren gesehen, was passiert, wenn Wissenschaftler sich nicht wehren: Der Zweifel an ihrer Arbeit wird zur Krankheit und breitet sich aus.“ www.republik.ch/2025/05/20/n...

KI ist in vielen Schweizer Redaktionen schon heute nicht mehr wegzudenken. Und sie wird die ohnehin tief verunsicherte Branche wohl bald ein weiteres Mal durchschütteln, schreibt Medienredaktor @dbuehler.bsky.social. (3/3)

"Das namenlose Sorgenkind" (Biaggini); der Art. 123a BV, der mit der "Verwahrungsinitiative" in die BV kam. Der Umgang mit ihm ist über das Massnahmenrecht hinaus faszinierend. J. Barton und F. Burgener haben ihn für den @onlinekommentar.bsky.social kommentiert. onlinekommentar.ch/fr/kommentar...

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

Call for Participants: Workshop in Comparative Law Methods, Tuesday, 10 June 2025, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne. Conveners: Prof. Dr. Philipp Renninger, Dr. Lukas Heckendorn Urscheler, and myself. We welcome submissions in E/F/D by Sunday, 11 May 2025!

With Camille AYNÈS, we published our analysis of the Marine Le Pen's ineligibility judgment on @verfassungsblog.de: verfassungsblog.de/marine-le-pe... We explain the court's reasoning and the new concept of "democratic public order", and answer the question: was it a political judgment?

Join us for a lunch talk on Wednesday, May 14, at the @fdca-unil.bsky.social! We are delighted to welcome Dr Andrés Constantin (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) as our guest speaker, with Dr David Zandirad joining as a discussant. Please share this invite with colleagues & friends who may be interested!

Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern

Happy to have given a talk at the Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau, on the future of 🇨🇭 neutrality - I will be giving a longer talk on the topic in June. I was glad to see some familiar faces and to share the panel with two esteemed colleagues: Prof. @evelyneschmid.bsky.social and Prof. Patricia Egli!

We are delighted to announce two new additions to the "Open Constitutional Democracy" team. Dr Sonia Cruz Dávila joins the UK team from 1 April. And Dr Chiara Valsangiacomo joins the Switzerland team from 1 July. Welcome Sonia & Chiara! warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/... @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social

Two great new additions to our Trans-Atlantic Platform project team! Welcome Sonia & Chiara! @odileammann.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social

DÉBATS. L’agonie du journalisme scientifique: un danger pour la démocratie suisse ➡️ https://l.letemps.ch/tEQ

L'agonie du journalisme scientifique, mais aussi de la presse de qualité, est un véritable danger pour la démocratie directe en Suisse. Avec @zermatten.bsky.social, nous faisons part de nos inquiétudes dans les pages du journal Le Temps : www.letemps.ch/opinions/deb...

As someone who has benefited from such a Fulbright scholarship, I struggle to believe that this is actually happening.

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

A fantastic week at the University of Hong Kong discussing 'Standards and Methods of Review before International Courts and Tribunals' with colleagues from around the world for a forthcoming edited collection. Many thanks to co-editors & organisers Massimo Lando & @vlanovoy.bsky.social!

In Folge 5 der Serie "Demokratie unter Druck" wirft die @republik.ch einen kritischen Blick auf die Schattenseiten der 🇨🇭 Demokratie. Ein zentrales Thema ist das kaum regulierte Lobbying. Danke an das Team der Republik für das Interesse an meiner Forschung! www.republik.ch/2025/02/27/d...

CfP: Exploring the Autonomy of Cities: Philosophical, Legal, and Policy Dimensions (Workshop), www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/jrc2vcye...

My new Trans-Atlantic Platform project with Michael Pal (Ottawa) and @odileammann.bsky.social (Lausanne) - "Open Constitutional Democracy" - is now on Bluesky! Follow the project @opencondemocracy.bsky.social. @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social

"Populistische Bewegungen und autoritäre Ideologien bedrohen die Grund­lagen des liberalen Denkens, indem sie Freiheit mit blosser Willkür verwechseln (...) Die Schweizer Verfassung ist das direkte Gegen­modell zum Macht­gebaren jener Staaten, die hegemoniale Ansprüche stellen (...)."

Happening tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 3.00pm-4.30pm, in the framework of the 2nd Conference of the Swiss Network for Law and Society, at the University of Bern (lawandsociety.ch/2nd-conferen...): this panel on environmental and climate lobbying. Please join us if you're interested!

I am convening a panel on climate and environmental lobbying this week. Could this be why now I keep receiving emails inviting me to academic events organized by the oil and gas industry?

Looking forward to spending a few days in Ottawa (despite the freezing cold weather and heated political atmosphere). If you are around and would like to have a coffee, please let me know! 🇨🇦☕️🍁

Am 24./25.1. fand in Bern unsere zweitägige SYA-Veranstaltung zum Verhältnis zwischen den Forschenden und den Medien statt - der Kern unseres von der Jungen Akademie Schweiz geförderten Projekts "AcaMedia: Navigating the Media as Early Career Academics" (swissyoungacademy.ch/fr/laufende-...).

This is deeply worrying. Will the US consciously unprepare itself for the consequences of climate change?

Our panel is almost ready for submission! The panel title is "Scientific Research, Communication, and Integrity in the Digital Age: Mapping the Challenges for Public Law". If you are interested in participating, please reach out to us. We still have one spot left!

Going to ICON-S in Brasilia? @raffaela.bsky.social and I are putting together a last-minute submission for a panel on academic research in the digital age (exact title tbc). Given that the deadline (Jan. 31) is very close, watch this space, and don't hesitate to reach out informally in the meantime!

Musk, Power, and the EU We have kicked off a blog symposium, ed. by Alberto Alemanno (@alemanno.bsky.social) & Jacquelyn D. Veraldi on whether EU law can tackle the challenges of plutocracy. The first contributions and more to follow next week can be found here 🙌 verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...

Ready to travel to Germany… with Kurt!

I'm happy to share a recent publication of mine, which was published just before the holiday season in the Leiden Journal of International Law, namely my review essay titled "Lobbying, Civil Society Organizations, and the International Law of Tobacco Control", shorturl.at/u5YAm (open access). 1/3

Here it is, our most-read article of 2024: "The recent change to our course-management system has meant that I need to re-upload every document and assignment and reassign every homework. I will be attending three two-hour training sessions to help me do this."

Toddlers as sources of law

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Adventsfenster 18 mit Blick auf die neuste Kommentierung im OK: Noah Rohner und Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger kommentierten Art. 3 #Bundesverfassung (onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...), hrsg. von @odileammann.bsky.social und @stefanschlegel.bsky.social

A part of new issue is @odileammann.bsky.social article on lobbying regulation in Switzerland link.springer.com/article/10.1...